Frank Graham Defies Senate On Anti Communist Bill
In a seventy to seven Senate vote the anti Communist bill passed. Senator Frank Graham of North Carolina voted against it, actions deemed too stringent. The piece argues Graham’s stance contrasts with most North Carolinians who seek a tougher anti Communism voice and predict his replacement in two months.
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Russia
Frank Graham
North Carolina
Truman
Graham
Texas
America
Motor Vehicles Department
Judge Steed's crackdown on reckless driving praised
The Thomasville recorder's court is urged to suspend driving licenses for thirty days for convicted reckless drivers. The editorial argues tougher penalties, including jail, may deter repeat offenders, citing Judge Parker's six month road sentence for highway racing as a model for other judges to follow.
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W. H. Steed
The
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Steed
Judge Steed
R. Hunt Parker
Superior Court
John Dean
Cary
Dean
Judge Parker
MacRae
Chiseling Bonds Hint at Taxpayer Frustrations
L.G. outlines the issue of Series E savings bonds where holders get no interest until maturity. If cashed early, bondholders miss income, while the Treasury earns a “free interest ride.” A proposed 3 percent annual interest upon cashing would counter this, but faces opposition from New Deal advocates.
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New Deal
L.G
Impellitteri Takes Over as New York Mayor Headline Challenge
The New York mayoral transition from O'Dwyer to Vincent R. Impellitteri creates a media naming puzzle. Editors dread long headlines and may nickname him Impy or Vincent the Imp while balancing clarity and space for double-column coverage. The piece likens it to sportswriters managing tough player nicknames like Wambsganss.
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O’dwyer
New York
Vincent R. Impellitteri
Impellitteri
William Wambsganss
Wamby
Impy
Washington
Vincent
Imp
Photo Finish Drives American League Pennant Race
For three years straight the pennant races end in photo finishes with two to four teams battling to the wire. The lively ball skews traditional measures of superiority as pitchers join in hitting homers. Labor Day still leaves the winner uncertain.
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Woman's Home Companion
Cosmopolitan
Turpentine Drippings and Grandpa Who Lost His Check
Hoagy Carmichael recalls Chep Blevens a boastful southern hunter whose dog spooked a quail. Chep blasts at it the bird sails away then Chep curses Fly on with your gol darn heart shot out. The other fragment recalls a boy mishearing news that Paddy the dog is dead as Paddy is actually his father.
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Chep Blevens
Chep
Carl Goerch
Freddy
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Valeska Suratt Celebrated Trouper and Shifting Paths
The reminiscence recalls Valeska Suratt once a Broadway pageant and Fox star who vanished into religious study and quiet writing. Once famed for vaudeville and a Winter Garden record run, she now lives in midtown and is described as vigorous with a voice “more exciting than ever.”
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Smuts Praised as One of the Great Men of His Age
Smuts, the South African field marshal and former prime minister, died in Johannesburg. An Associated Press dispatch lauds him as a world statesman and builder of the League of Nations and United Nations, noting his influence and esteem by Wilson, Roosevelt, and Rufus Jones.
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Grandpa’s Missing Fifty Prompts Wry Family Exchange
A man misplaces a fifty dollar check after noon and his wife scolds him. On the porch he jokes he will recover the money in four or five days, noting his wife will scold him then and the sale will be over. He adds a grim truism about using his head rather than his tongue with women.
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Olive Tribune
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Grandson's Printing Hobby Returns Home in Pride
A short reminiscence from W G Hazel in the Pee Dee Advocate about a young boy nicknamed Atomic Bomb visiting the family printing office in Connecticut. He played at being a printer, admires the craft, and longs to return, even as school time nears and his trip ends with tears and fond goodbyes.
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W. G. Hazel
Pee Dee
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Yankeeland
Class warns against setting bad examples
A terse classroom exchange condemns behavior that would set a bad example for peers. The speaker cites concern about influence and urges peers to avoid actions that reflect poorly on the group.
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Ters
James
East ern scrimmage yields a striking tackle by Eddie Mann
The News reports East ern team scrimmage action where Eddie Mann of Chapel Hill tackled Baker from Southern Pines, flipping him neatly. Baker remarks he will need five of those defenders off the field while observers call him a rising college flanker prospect.
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Eddie Mann
Chapel Hill
Southern Pines
We Do Our Own No Striking Quote Slip
A typographical slip misquoted John L. Lewis as saying we do our own striking. The corrected quote is we do our own no striking. The piece notes the error and cites a common claim about colds turning seven days by medicine or a week otherwise.
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John L. Lewis
Hon. Lewis
Hadacol and Northern Grits Mention Breakfast Clues
A Chesterfield Advertiser reader notes a breakfast scene that hints the family group is from the north by their sugar and milk on grits. The Southern Pines Pilot discusses Hadacol’s popularity, joking about its fame and its 12 percent alcohol content marketed as a medicinal tonic.
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Chesterfield Advertiser
Southern Pines
Prohibition Spectacle Targets High Alcohol Beverages
A dry forces march with banners and hymns denounces six per cent beer while stores display strong drinks like Hadacol at twelve per cent and bay rum at fifty per cent. Grocery aisles show extracts at seventy to eighty per cent and canned heat, all sold for beverage use despite labels.
Scales at Driver License Office Skew Weights
Women applicants leaving the Driver License Examiner C E Olive’s office smile because scales misreport weights by 10 to 20 pounds. The error makes the experience seem heavenly, while actual weights are higher. The piece also notes Phil Elliott’s travel through western North Carolina and mentions Hanging Dog Creek and names a regional list of places.
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C. E. Olive
Holt McPherson
Shelby Stir
North Carolina
Phil Elliott
Hanging Dog Creek
Health Hint Warns Of Chigger Bites And Cure
Walt Hargett of the Asheboro Courier Tribune notes a bad chigger outbreak and painful bites around the ankles knees and belt line on hot days. He shares a cure overheard: hydrogen peroxide, the same stuff that makes blondes.
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Walt Hargett
Asheboro
Soviet totalitarians strain free men's resources quote
Paul V. McNutt, former national American Legion commander, denounces Soviet totalitarians for exhausting free men without showing their own strength. He says they use cat's-paws of their slaves to proxy their pressure.
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Paul V. McNutt
National American Legion
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